mid-15c. (implied in surviving), "to outlive, continue in existence after the death of another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre (12c., Modern French survivre), from Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (see vivid). Intransitive sense "to live on" is from late 15c. Related: Survived; surviving.
雙語例句
1. Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health.
奇怪的是，她拚命求生的抗爭使得她的健康狀況大有好轉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive.
離開福利機構的照顧，離開這種受保護的環境，他將難以生存下去。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy.
公司正在努力擺脫自身遭遇的第二次破產危機。
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4. The first thing parents want to know is: will the baby survive?
父母親最想知道的是：孩子能活下來嗎？
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5. It's important that these upland farms continue to survive.